Another year passes and we pause at this time to congratulate and honor the hard-working students who achieved their goal of successfully completing their courses of studies at their respective high schools and colleges.

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While at Open Studios in Somerville I came across conceptual artist JT Bullitt. According to his website: “My studio work is an ongoing series of conceptual listening experiments that investigate the invisible, inaudible, intangible forces surrounding us and underlying human experience. I am particularly fascinated by questions of identity & name, language & symbol, and the fluidity of our perception of time & space. I work primarily in sound — both large and small — and in mark-making.”

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Lynn Fitzgerald is a Chicago native and citizen of the world. She is member of Poets and Patrons, Illinois State Poetry Society. Currently, an adjunct professor of English for the City Colleges of Chicago, where she teaches research, poetry, and film. Her chapbook, Closer to the Earth, was awarded a CAAP grant and was published by Moon Journal Press.

Former City Councilor Bob McWatters, Deputy Fire Chief Mike Avery, and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll attended Mayor Katjana Ballantyne’s announcement for reelection on Wednesday, May 31, at The Burren in Davis Sq.

For 38 years, children, teens and adults have learned circus skills from the OPENAIR Circus of Greater Somerville. Everyone is welcome to learn new skills and join the circus community.

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne honors LGBTQ+ Pride Month with the annual Pride flag raising ceremony on Thursday, June 1, 2023. The ceremony include remarks from Mayor Ballantyne, City of Somerville LGBTQ+ Liaison Izzy Starr, and representatives from the John F. Kennedy School GSA.

Pictured above on the far left are Distinguished Past President David O’Brien, Kiwanis President Haley Adams, the nine student recipients attending are in the center and Scholarship Committee members Eugene Brune, Past President Frank Wright, Past President and Committee Chairman Anthony Ciccariello and Past President Isaac Machado on the far right.

On Thursday, June 1, The Kiwanis Club of Somerville held its annual Scholarship Luncheon at the Mount Vernon Restaurant to recognize twelve Somerville High School Seniors.  The recipients competed for this scholarship by writing an essay which was reviewed by the Somerviille Scholarship Committee, who selected the twelve recipients.  Nine of the twelve students were able to attend the luncheon meeting.